Prince Rupert Northern View By Shaun Thomas – The Northern View Looking back at 2011, Prince Rupert Port Authority CEO Don Krusel says it should be one of many record-breaking years to come in a bright future for the group and the region. The port authority ended the year with … Click for more
Vanderhoof Omineca Express BC Hydro unveiled plans to the district last week for a much bigger substation and new transformer that will double this area’s power capacity. Vanderhoof District’s committee of the whole met with Hydro’s go-to guy last week so they could see plans … Click for more
Prince Rupert Northern View During an earning call on January 26, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan CEO William J. Doyle said a decision has yet to be made on a potash export facility on Ridley Island in Prince Rupert. The proposed Canpotex export terminal, along with a rail and … Click for more
Canada.com He started his consultation with local business and political leaders as well as other interested stakeholders in Fort St. John. "The immigration task force is part of the BC Jobs Plan. A strategy aimed at preparing for the expected economic boom," Yap … Click for more
Globe and Mail After an explosion destroyed the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake last week, families in the community lit two candles for missing and injured workers. Then they lit a third candle for the mill itself. Since the mill opened in 1975 as a … Click for more
CTV.ca Charles Heit, a Gitxsan First Nation member opposed to the $5.5-billion Enbridge oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia port of Kitimat warms himself beside a fire at a camp outside the Gitxsan Treaty Office in Hazelton, BC, … Click for more
CBC.ca Stars lend power to fight The public hearings continue in Kitamaat Village Wednesday before moving on to Terrace, BC, Thursday afternoon. MAP Canada’s crude oil pipeline Charting TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline Members from Douglas Channel … Click for more
Vanderhoof Omineca Express Roberts credited the District of Vanderhoof for leading the way in getting … it would mean that any company, be it Air Canada or the BC Air Medevac system … Click for more
GlobalNews.ca As the fate of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project is decided at lengthy public hearings in Kitimat, BC, Globalnews.ca compares Enbridge’s plans with TransCanada’s Keystone XL proposal. ENBRIDGE: The Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline is a proposed … Click for more
Vanderhoof Omineca Express According to BC Hydro’s website, West Fraser Mills and Western Bioenergy, a subsidiary of French energy firm Dalkia will be paid around $150 a megawatt hour, about double what most sawmills are paid for power they generate by burning wood waste. … Click for more
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